The Rise of the Graduate Entrepreneur | Kajal Sanghrajka | TEDxBathUniversity

Entrepreneurial skills are critical not optional for university graduates to survive and thrive in the new world of work. In the Rise of the Graduate Entrepreneur Kajal Sanghrajka talks about the growing demand for entrepreneurship, the importance of supporting female founders, how universities and graduates can cultivate ‘entrepreneurial fluency’ and how these skills can help us all overcome challenges in life and work. Kajal is a passionate advocate of building entrepreneurial skills for university students, co-founding Columbia University’s first incubator for graduate entrepreneurs and this year, designed and launched the London School of Economics first accelerator for impact driven start-ups. She launched her first business in New York while studying for her masters and through her successes and failures in multiple ventures, she won the Churchill Fellowship in 2017 to progress her work and travelled to 25 cities interviewing over 100 founders on the topic.
Over the past 7 years she has worked as a mentor and advisor, working with businesses on growth, fundraising and managing mental health through the ups and downs of entrepreneurial life. She also writes about her experiences on entrepreneurship in the monthly newsletter The Transatlantic Post.
Kajal is a current mentor for Techstars and advisor to many institutions including a Board Advisor for LSE Generate Entrepreneurship and a Research Advisor for The Entrepreneurs Network. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and holds degrees from the London School of Economics and Columbia Business School. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx